Executive Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, a Kogi State-based NGO, Idris Miliki, threw the first salvo by asking Yahaya Bello to immediately set up a panel of inquiry to x-ray the activities of Wada’s administration.
In a statement today in Lokoja, the human rights activist noted that from 2003, the state had contended with problems of uncompleted projects, inflated contracts, huge and fake wage bills and huge debts of “unimaginable proportion” among other anomalies.
He said that the probe would help the government to ascertain the state of the economy, level of indebtedness and strategies to be adopted in reshaping the economy.
“It will be in the interest of the people of Kogi for the new governor to set up a judicial panel of inquiry with people of proven integrity to ascertain the level of indebtedness of the state (internally and externally).”
He asked the government to ensure that financial misdemeanours of key players of the last administration were exposed and brought to book even as he called on the governor to declare his assets publicly to elicit the confidence of the people.
“This will enhance the confidence, credibility and above all, trust of the people of Kogi and indeed, Nigeria as the declaration of his assets will make us to know his worth in materials and other resources. We must avoid the pitfalls of the past.” [myad]
